When you walk around the French Quarter, you can see all kinds of tours going by. There are architectural walking tours, culinary explorations, jazz history tours, honky tonk tours. But within the French Quarter there is a significant landmark that tour guides are...

You don’t have to visit a museum or gallery to see great photography these days. Thanks to social media and digital technology, extraordinary pictures can be found at our fingertips, just a click away. This year, PhotoNOLA, New Orleans Annual Festival of...

Ever since New Orleans relaxed city-wide restrictions on mobile food trucks in July 2013, there has been a proliferation of food trucks in NOLA. Although allowing food trucks to operate and vend deliciousness in NOLA seems like it would be a no-brainer–food...

After Hurricane Katrina moved ashore over the Gulf Coast and left New Orleans in a bereft state, architects and developers with ties to New Orleans looked for meaningful ways to engage in rebuilding the community. Notably, Tulane’s School of Architecture revised its...

New Orleans’ 300th birthday is just around the corner. For its tricentennial in 2018, the city is planning dozens of special events and programs to commemorate the big [easy] milestone. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu shared his vision for New...

If you take a look at New Orleans’ Central Business District, you’ll see the fruits of New Orleans’ post-Katrina recovery on full display. Before Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, NOLA’s Central Business District (CBD) was notorious among residents for turning into a...

Founded in 1990 by C. Mohan Kailas, Kailas Companies is one of Louisiana’s top owner/operators of commercial property today. Kailas Companies prides itself as one of the most established and respected commercial real estate companies in the state of...

Naveen Kailas joined Kailas Companies in 2011. Prior to joining the company, Naveen earned two bachelor’s degrees from Boston College and a J.D. from Tulane University Law School. At Tulane, he concentrated on real estate law and earned a certificate in Louisiana...